A Future in Flames
Why is Australia so prone to fires? Have we made things better or worse? Is it possible to live in the Australian bush and be safe from fire?
No other continent on Earth is as susceptible to bushfires, over such a large area, as Australia. Fires are an ongoing part of our history, ecology and culture. Yet, despite repeated disasters across all states throughout the last two centuries, we seem to be no better at surviving bushfires today than we were when fires burnt though the first European settlements.
A Future in Flames is a personal journey to find out what we have learnt from the lessons of the past and to understand why, after so many years, people are still dying in bushfires.
Find out more:
- Listen to an interview with Richard Adey on ABC Life Matters
- Hear Danielle discuss psychological preparedness and triggers to action on the Bushfire Resilience Inc expert panel discussions. This website provides excellent advice on living safely in a bushfire zone.
- Read an essay on Living with fire and facing our fears in The Conversation.
- My latest paper on Fire, Fear and Flames published in Occasion.
Buy now in ebook or print edition from Ligature Press
REVIEWS
- ‘Bushfires have always threatened and always will, A Future in Flames makes sense of it all.’ Christine Nixon
- ‘concise and insightful….a thought-provoking analysis‘ Kevin O’Loughlin
- ‘If ever there was a book for its time, it is A Future in Flames…superb‘ Adrian Hyland, The Age author of Kinglake-350
- ‘A thoughtful and broad-ranging work’ Roy Williams, The Australian
- ‘The beauty of this book is that it provides sensible information, and blames nobody.’ Lucy Sussex, The Sunday Age author of Blockbuster
- ‘Written with an assured style that moves from lyrical to urgent’ Caroline Baum, Better Homes and Gardens, author of Only
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